Fiat Doblo Very rare to come across, Light Commercial Vehicle sales in Turkey are very significant because even though the LCV market is roughly half the size of the passenger car market (251,129 registrations, +34%), higher market shares mean LCV best sellers are actually the best-selling vehicles in the country.…
The Turkish car market is euphoric this month at +182% year-on-year and 50,061 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 410,323, up 31%. The Renault Symbol, #1 in November at 5.8%, is now also the best selling car in Turkey year-to-date with 23,558 sales and 5.7%, passing the Hyundai Accent (23,174…
October is up an astounding 246% year-on-year in Turkey with 47,859 registrations, the 10 months total being now up 22% at 360,262 units. The Renault Symbol is #1 again this month and stays above 6% market share. Provided it continues at that rate, it will pass the Hyundai Accent in…
Weak September in Turkey at 42,477 registrations (-19%) but the year-to-date figure is still up by a shiny 11% at 312,403 sales. After a couple of months all over the place, the model ranking is back to its more traditional self in Turkey: Renault tops the charts with the Symbol…
The Turkish market has become very unstable in the last couple of months as far as the models ranking is concerned. #1 in 2009 but slowing down in the last few months, the Hyundai Accent Era is back on top in August with 5.7% market share, ahead of the Toyota…
Hyundai Accent Era * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Turkish car market is booming in 2009, up 21% to 369,819 registrations. After many years of Renault domination, the Hyundai Accent Era, perhaps boosted by end-of-life price readjustments, is a distant leader in…
Hyundai Accent and Renault Symbol * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish car sales are down 14% in 2008 at 305,998 registrations. The Renault Symbol manages to keep its title of best-selling car in the country but it was very close: down 23%…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Renamed Symbol (instead of Clio Symbol) in 2006, the small Renault sedan passes its big sister the Renault Megane Sedan to establish itself as the best-selling passenger car in Turkey in 2007, selling 23,220 units for…
Renault has for a long time held a dominant position in Turkey, one of its main production hubs. The Renault Megane Sedan reigns over the Turkish market, stable at very high levels, ahead of the Renault Clio Symbol, and this for at least 3 consecutive years between 2004 and 2006.…
At 21,189 in 1981, Turkish car sales have been multiplied by 10 in 10 years to reach 238,251 in 1991. They were up 32% in 1992 at 315,505 and are up another 33% over the first 7 months of 1993 at 245,882 units. The bulk of the sales is monopolised by…